''WOUND UP'' Bermuda polespeared Wahoo!!!

[neil burnie]

So here it is.....my first attempt at Polespearing Wahoo.......

43.75 LB, 37 LB, and 24LB..........

Manny Puig with a 6' JBL Extension and a skinny slip tip.

First two were stoned, third fish nearly pulled me into the transom and took off for some 100-200 meters......

Many thanks to Cap'n James and Big Jim West aboard Bermuda's best Charter boat, ''WOUND UP''


Bones

 

[marginatus]

8|!!! isn't it hard to get in range?

 

[Seal]

Deepest respect! You look a bit like Manny himself, only better.

But wow that is incredible. I whish I could buy that polespear over here in Europe.

 

[Westpalmspearo]

wow thats pretty damn impressive ive heard alot of talk of attempts but this is the first ive seen it accomplished congrats

 

[Qatar_hunter]

Neil,

Thats a nice catch and i like the way you catch those lovly fishs even i am not sure how did you catch them using this stick.:martial

 

[neil burnie]

The fish were chummed up behind a sportfishing boat and I dropped in off the stern......The fish were slightly wary but were not ''scared'', the first two were
seemingly watching me as they approached the chum and as I was motionless apart from pivoting the spear, I was able to get good spine shots and ''stone''
them both. The third fish was a moving target about 15 feet below the surface. Remember I was using a spear about 13' long so the tip was at least 7' from my hand, and the fish 2-3 feet beyond that .......We had another one yesterday AND a near miss with a Yellowfin Tuna, so this summer should see some interesting developments!

Bones

 

[marginatus]

please keep us posted. congrats on your technique!

 

[drunkinbda]

holy crap neil!!! hehe im sittin here wiht chris bennett checkin the pics.. ive been tryin to get a shot at open water for a while but no dice. grats on that!!!! i got a manny puig but not sure how well taht would work stock.

which jbl tip was it and does it screw straight into the normal tip slot? also i got some mates freakin me out about the tigers and galapagos'... but choy was sayin its no worry. any thoughts on that?

grats again!!!

 

[Oldsarge]

We're still waiting for the yellowfin but, wow, this is amazing!